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Show TALK OF BASEBALL AT FRONT Grove r Cleveland Alexander of Cubs and "Chuck" Ward of Dodgera Are In Same Battery. Corporal Charles ("Chuck") Wnrd, n St. Louis boy nnd former Infleldcrfor tho Brooklyn Nationals, In n letter to n friend tells of his snfo nrrlvnl overseas. over-seas. Ward also writes of Grovcr Cloveland Alexundcr, premier pitcher of tho Natlnnul leuguo, being with him. Grover Cleveland Alexander. Alexander nnd Wnrd aro members of tho sumo battery, Threo Hundred and Forty-second urtlllery. Slnco leaving tho United States Wnrd said nono of thu boys In thu battery, bat-tery, many of whom wero former major ma-jor leaguers, received any word of tho pennant scrambles. Night after night, Wnrd concluded, tho former bnll players, play-ers, whllo on duty, tell of their experiences experi-ences whllo pluyltfg baseball in tho states. |